# 123. I. S. Blumenfeld. Letter to N. K. Krupskaya. December 8, 1903
# Source: Lenin Collection X, p. 29
# Date: 1903-12-08

The editorial board of *Iskra* accepted N. K. Krupskaya's resignation, and
I. S. Blumenfeld became the secretary of the editorial board. N. K. Krupskaya,
who had previously combined in her person the secretariat of the editorial
board of the Central Committee with the secretariat of the Foreign Section of the Central Committee, from this moment remained only as secretary of the Foreign Section of the Central Committee.
Immediately thereafter, a correspondence arose between the editorial board and N. K. Krupskaya concerning the transfer to the editorial board's disposal of official connections with Russian committees, as well as the entire editorial archive and current correspondence, which N. K. Krupskaya had conducted with Russia on behalf of the editorial board and the Foreign Section of the Central Committee. The present correspondence between the editorial board and N. K. Krupskaya has been preserved in Lenin's papers in the form of letters from I. S. Blumenfeld (two), Yu. O. Martov (one), and N. K. Krupskaya (two). We publish these letters here both for completeness in illuminating the episode of N. K. Krupskaya's resignation, and for the characterization of the "organizational" methods of struggle employed by the Martov editorial board for complete control over party leadership (the endeavor to establish connections with committees and to exercise their influence within them without the knowledge of the Central Committee), as well as for illuminating the atmosphere of personal squabbling and intrigue which the Martinists introduced on the very next day after their entry into the editorial board in their official relations with the majority, represented by the Foreign Section of the Central Committee.

123.

I. S. BLUMENFELD — N. K. KRUPSKAYA.

8/XII 1903. [Geneva.]

Dear Nadezhda Konstantinovna,

Be so kind as to send me the addresses of the St. Petersburg, Tula, and Nizhny Novgorod committees, as well as several foreign addresses.

Warmly yours,
I. Bl[umenfeld].

21 Boulevard de la Cluse.